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Domain Map Template

What makes a territory easier to choose inside?

A domain-map page shows the terrain before the reader chooses where to act.

The reusable model is boundary -> axes -> map -> choice logic -> routes -> gaps. Apply it when the reader must choose inside a territory before learning one node in depth.

Use this when the page job is domain-map.

Frontmatter​

type: domain-map
template: domain-map-template
template_url: /playbook/standards/templates/domain-map-template
claim_state: REALITY | DREAM | CONSUMED
retrieval_trigger: "When should a future human or agent pull this map?"
loop_phase: capture
level: working

Shape​

  1. Open with the problem.
  2. Ask the question the map answers.
  3. Name the decision this map improves.
  4. Define the territory boundary.
  5. Name the main axes.
  6. Map the players, platforms, processes, or forces.
  7. Show the choice logic.
  8. Route into deeper pages.
  9. Name the visible gap.
  10. Close with the falsifier and next question.

Skeleton​

TITLE

Problem: WHAT TERRITORY IS UNCLEAR?

Question: WHAT MUST THE READER CHOOSE?

Decision: WHAT ROUTE OR PRIORITY GETS BETTER?

This map covers TERRITORY so the reader can choose ACTION.

## Boundary

What is inside this map, and what is outside it?

## Axes

- Axis A
- Axis B
- Axis C

## Map

What nodes, players, forces, or options matter?

## Choice Logic

How should the reader choose a route?

## Routes

- [Route A](/playbook/) - why this route matters.

## Gaps

What is missing, uncertain, or under-instrumented?

Changes my mind: What evidence would redraw this map?

## Retrieval

When should a future human or agent pull this map?

Version delta: What territory, route, or relationship changed in this update?

## Context

- [Related page](/playbook/)

## Questions

Next question: What constraint should the next loop inspect?

Checks​

  • The page maps a field instead of teaching one node.
  • The first screen names the problem, question, decision, and territory.
  • The boundary is clear.
  • Axes explain why items are grouped.
  • Routes help the reader choose a next move.
  • claim_state, retrieval_trigger, Changes my mind, and Next question are visible.

Failure Modes​

  • The page becomes a flat catalog.
  • The page explains one concept and forgets the field.
  • The page lists options without choice logic.

Context​

Questions​

What choice should this map make easier?

  • Where does the territory start and stop?
  • Which axes explain the grouping?
  • What route should the reader take next?
  • What evidence would redraw the map?